Upper school students will attend the National High School Model Arab League conference on Friday at Georgetown. The event is a simulation of the Arab League.  Our school will represent Qatar on councils such as environmental, political and social affairs in the Arab world. Sophomores, juniors and seniors such as Shelby Ferncrombie, Ajania Thaxton, Christina Spraggins, Harry Hirsch, Jasper Ferncrombie, Maddy Katz, and Goodness Ukaegbu will attend.

Students in Ms. Stephens’ art classes created plaster masks for the 8th grade fourth quarter project. The masks related to the thematic study of Identity. Students painted and constructed images that either express something about their identities or showcase a way they hide their identities.  This connects with the 8th grade English thematic study of Identity. Students are reading various fiction and nonfiction books that deal with characters who hide and eventually accept some truth about their identity, and reading several identity-themed poems, like “We Wear the Mask,” by Paul Laurence Dunbar.

Last week Latin’s middle school Ultimate team led by Ms. Barlev, Mr. Starnes, and Mr. O’Brien played Alice Deal Middle School in a tight game. Elias Baldwin made the historic first score for Latin off a pass from Stephen Showalter and did it again the very next point, this time receiving the disc from Anthony Diallo. Defensive plays were made by Andy Horrigan and Nyk Lewis, Charlotte Lin and Charlotte Krisetya, Kai McFadgion and Orry Gallas. The team game captains were Bernadette Belcher and Owen Doherty.